Seventy percent of the 61,272 qualifying patient cardholders were males, according to the 2014 end-of-year report. The top unique debilitating medical condition listed was“severe and chronic pain” and was listed by 80% of qualifying patients.

Other highlights:

• New Year’s Eve had the highest number of transactions, almost 80 kilograms.

• About $112 million worth of revenue was generated based on the assumption that the store price for marijuana was $350 an ounce.

• 85 dispensaries were open and operational during the 2014 calendar year.

There are so many stories circling the air regarding police encounters – whether there are reasons behind them or not, that is up to them to decide. I feel that they do have quite the power trip radiating off of their uniforms though.

Did you know that here is Arizona, you can get pulled over for “walking on the wrong side of the road”. No Joke, this is serious. It did not happen to me, however, it did transpire with one of my close smoke buddies. He was walking home just like he has been for over 20 years and an officer pulled him over for walking on the wrong side of the road.

He was asked about where his destination was, if he has identification on him, if he had weapons on him, if he had drugs on him, etc. – Pretty much the run down. Mind you, he was sober – not falling all over the place acting retarded.

Yep, apparently that is all you need to look like in order to land in the hot seat. Of course he had about 2 grams of weed on him. Which he admit to the officer and showed him, along with his Medical Marijuana Card. Which was awesome because it was his first time having to use the card that he paid so much for to ensure his protection under AZ State Law.

After looking him up in the system and seeing that he was not “wanted” for anything (no warrant) – the officer was going to let him walk – but of course, at that same time another cop was driving by – and you know how they do… They just have to turn on the lights, flip a bitch, and come stir things up trying to “assist” their fellow officer.

Yet again – WHY? Do you feel that your fellow officer does not know how to properly do their job? They did not call it in, they did not request backup. And of course at this point everyone in the area is outside watching and waiting for an arrest to happen… Making innocent people look like convicts in their own neighborhood.

This second officer of course starts in on the Medical Marijuana – and for all of you smokers out there – this is important – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS and KNOW YOUR LIMITS! Luckily for my friend, he knew his rights and his limits and proceeded to inform the police of what those were. Upon further investigation of what they were informed of, they got their verification and allowed him to walk.

It ended up being a 45 minute ordeal – ironically over walking on the wrong side of the road.

Moral of the Story:

Know your rights.

Know your legal limits.

ALWAYS carry your Medical Marijuana Card on your person.

Read up on the laws in your area – it very well might save you from being booked into jail tonight.

Always be polite to police even if they are wrong – it just might help bring that person in a bad mood to a calm and reasonable state of mind.

Honestly I can’t believe that people bought into this… I mean, I know that we all have this hidden hope of finding a long-lost strain of cannabis that would put all of the other wonderful versions we smoke today to shame… But the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. Someone, somewhere would have found that sh*t by now.

***Story was a Hoax***

Both of these statements are not only true, they’re critical to our biggest story of the year, so far: the possible discovery of a new species of marijuana, reportedly found in Australia. Unfortunately, this was proven to be a hoax (by someone with a lot of time on their hands).

It is however a fun topic to sit back and think about – What would it be called? What inside of this new-found glory would or could make it better than those that we currently have on the shelf? What kind of new hybrid could we create? How would this new plant mix with a Sativa VS an Indica? The list of questions could and would be damn near endless! So many float through my head and my imagination gives me wishful answers that would make every cannabis stoner happier than they have been in the past 100 years!

Personally I am a Sativa person! I love it! Of course there are some Sativa strains that I would rather not mess with, but hey there is a bunk version in every category – thus you get what you pay for. Indica strains steal my drive, I feel held down and lazy. Then hungry and of course, you need a freakin’ nap! When I medicate with my Sativas… look out cause I’m ready for action! HA! Pain-Free, Happy, Smiling, Calm, Motivated, Determined, and so much more! For sure my plant of choice. I will say that there are some amazing Hybrid Strains out there as well! They have come to my rescue more times than I can count.

Educate!

What do you think about overall legalizing marijuana? I know that there are tons of different views points on this topic and individuals just love to fight and argue over it. Well – my opinion – people are going to smoke it whether you like it or not, so why not tax that shit and make some money? It’s like a crackhead – Crack will never in a million years even have the chance to become legal…. BUT guess what, a crackhead that needs a fix is always going to find that crack they are looking for – even if they don’t have money, they find a way to get their hands on it – you can fill in your own blank with whatever odds and ends thing you can think of – I am sure someone somewhere has done it for less!

Seriously think about what you are putting into your body!

I personally am a legal medical cannabis user – and I pay a good chuck of change every year to be able to use my medicines. However, I do not feel that we, as medical marijuana smokers, have enough protection via state law.

And with that as the last statements – has opened a whole different can of worms that I would absolutely LOVE to cover! Stay tuned for that conversation – Till then, PUFF THOSE CLOUDS!

We had an employee check your property today and he found that there was grass in your yard. That is a $57 fee for today. $7 for the photo and $50 for the grass. Prior you had a balance of $310.

As I am sure that most or you are aware of the HOA (Homeowners Association), this is what I was informed of earlier today… So let’s rewind to two days ago…

*BUZZ* Incoming Text from Property Owner:

I got a phone call from the HOA regarding your property. There is a $310 balance. Please take care of this by the end of the week. Thx.

PSHT! I don’t know what for because nobody from the HOA has ever notified me of any issues… Which mind you, they are supposed to notify you every time there is an issue. So, I call the HOA – complete gaggle of idiots on the phone that make NO SENSE – They inform my of a million different dates from August last year through December of last year. As they continue reading the charges that are rapidly adding up, this individual is reading off a million late fees (which might not have been there if I knew about this when it was a $7 bill).

By the end of this phone call, she sends me a waiver form via email, as well as a tenant form because apparently the HOA showed that this was a vacant resident (I have lived here for three years…) So I fill out the retarded form and email it back.

Today –> I call the HOA Office to check the status of the waiver for the past charges and what happens!?!?!? OH FREAKIN’ BILL!! Who the hell is Bill? Don’t you know this female informs me that there is another $57 charge added to my account from today regarding my front yard having GRASS!! I was shocked! WHAT!?! I have NO grass… nothing even GREEN! ALL FREAKIN’ ROCKS (Thank you AZ)… This female is claiming that “Bill” took pictures < SEND THEM TO ME CAUSE YOUR MAN IS BLIND! >

I then inform her that I am going to take pictures of my yard as is and email them to her for view. I don’t see any miniature golf course anywhere around here!! On the funny side – I have yet to receive her email with these pictures that “Bill” took. Nor have they called me back.

So my question is why on Earth would anyone want to live in an HOA property. Seriously!?! People pay $250 a month just so that these F*CK*RS can judge our yards and make up some random BS to charge you more money for nothing… HA! Don’t you know this female asked me for my Debit Card Number to put the bill on Auto-Pay… Yeah – Ummmm NOOOOO – That’s not going to happen! Could you imagine checking your bank account and you are randomly missing $400 and you have to fight to get your money back and then IF you get it back, it is going to take another 3-5 business days to get your money into your account… yeah I have other bills that need to get paid before a BS made-up bill that you decided to issue without proof and without notification.

Last, but not least – let me inform you of this – We just had all of the yard work done last Saturday. So the irony of them pulling this stunt when our yard is looking at its best …. ridiculous!! They could have at least lied and made it out to be some other day that I could not recall what precisely my yard looked like at that given time – so they literally just put their foot in their mouth by providing information about grass in my yard today. That just proves to me that I can not trust the fees and late fees that have already been assigned on my account for last year!

How many of you out there have been played by the HOA? Does this happen in other states? Give us a shout out if you live in an area with a GOOD HOA SERVICE!!!

Sh*t, with as much money as I pay them, they should have someone out here cleaning my yard and providing maintenance!